Limited seats remain for the culminating event of the Community Read initiative at Longwood Gardens — a program in its second year that is designed to inspire people to pick up a good book, to read for pleasure and enlightenment, and to start a conversation. This year’s selection, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer, will continue discussion about…
Kelli Kahn, first grade teacher at Pocopson Elementary School, has been named as one of 15 finalists for the 2015 Citadel Heart of Learning Award for Teacher Excellence, She was selected from the almost 2,700 total nominations received this year. The Citadel Heart of Learning Award program was created in a joint effort by Citadel and the Chester County Intermediate Unit to recognize, honor and…
I am writing to share how inspired I have been by Admiral Joe Sestak’s 422-mile walk across Pennsylvania, after announcing his candidacy for Senate. He truly wants to “walk in the shoes” of all Pennsylvanians, and he’s been meeting with people of all walks of life, outlining his concerns and truly listening. This is the kind of attitude and energy that will make him an…
As winter refuses to release its icy grip, Natural Lands Trust (NLT) invites area residents to think about summer, specifically its “Stardust” fundraiser. On Friday, June 12 – as the constellation Bootes (the “Celestial Farmer”), an ever-amazing Saturn, and a brightly-shining Jupiter grace the night sky – guests will gather from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. for an evening of cocktails, local farm-to-table edibles, and much…
As the countdown approaches for the end of the Jamie Wyeth retrospective at the Brandywine River Museum of Art, hundreds of fans took advantage of the artist’s appearance on Saturday, March 28, some waiting for nearly two hours to collect his signature on the exhibit’s catalogue. “Jamie Wyeth,” which runs through Sunday, April 5, features more than 100 works that span over six decades of…
Is it too late to save Beaver Valley or was a meeting at state Rep. Steve Barrar’s office a good first step toward that end? That’s the question that arose from an exploratory meeting hosted by Barrar, on Friday, March 27. Two developers, McKee-Concord Homes and Eastern States Development Co., are equitable owners of the Woodlawn Trustees property. They want to build Vineyard Commons, a…
The attorney representing the Chester County Republican Party argued that an “innocent mistake” led an endorsed candidate for Pocopson Township supervisor to file an inaccurate nominating petition. At a hearing in Chester County Court challenging the petition – as well as its amended version – Michael S. Gill told President Judge Jacqueline C. Cody that Alice J. Balsama erred when she wrote that she was…
PennDOT has announced the following road projects, which are weather-dependent and could affect residents in the greater Chadds Ford area during the week of March 29 through April 5. The department recommends that motorists allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. Patching is slated to continue on Route 926 in both directions in Westtown and Willistown Townships between Route…
On March 27, 2008, a recent graduate of the Police Academy had just finished a shift at the Avondale barracks and was returning home to Lancaster when a woman with a blood-alcohol level more than four times the legal limit slammed into his Hyundai Elantra head-on. Trooper Kenton E. Iwaniec, a 24-year-old who was engaged to be married, died the following day of injuries he…
It’s not the kind of explosion one might associate with the historic Hagley Museum, the former home of the DuPont Company’s powder yards on the banks of the Brandywine Creek. In conjunction with the Hagley’s “Unraveling Stories” exhibit, a Birmingham Township crochet artist on Thursday, March 26, put the finishing touches on her latest example of yarn bombing – a trend of using vibrant fiber…
Members of the Concord Township Government Study Commission were told unequivocally that departments in the township are working well. That was the word from Concord’s Finance Director/Treasurer JoAnne Demnicki during the group’s March 25 meeting. Demnicki said the township has been extremely busy with developments during the last decade and that growth has been “amazing.” “All [township] departments are busy, but everything is being done…